A collection of guides written for the Ubuntu Linux distribution.
This guide will show you how to install the KDE Plasma desktop environment on Ubuntu Linux. This process will work if you are switching from GNOME to KDE, or just need to install KDE Plasma on an Ubuntu server that doesn’t currently have a GUI. KDE Plasma Packages on Ubuntu When installing KDE Plasma from …
Ubuntu is a great distro for developers. Python programmers will need to install Python on the system before it’s possible to code programs and run Python scripts on Ubuntu. This tutorial will show you how to install Python 2 or Python 3 on Ubuntu 20.04. Install Python 3 on Ubuntu Python 3 is the latest …
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This guide will show how to upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish, which is the latest LTS version of the operating system. Canonical releases new LTS (long term support) versions of Ubuntu every two years, in April. They also release interim editions every six months. It’s always recommended that you keep Ubuntu up to date …
Ubuntu comes with ufw (uncomplicated firewall) installed by default. This is a frontend for iptables/nftables, the built-in Linux firewall, and is meant to make firewall management a bit easier. In this guide, you’ll see how to add rules to the firewall to open ports and allow certain services to have access through the firewall on …
Ubuntu comes with ufw (uncomplicated firewall) installed by default. This is a frontend for iptables/nftables, the built-in Linux firewall, and is meant to make firewall management a bit easier. Stop/Disable Firewall in Ubuntu If you find the Ubuntu firewall interfering with connections on your system, one option is to disable the firewall completely. Warning: it’s …
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Although GNOME is the default GUI, there are many different desktop environments available for Ubuntu. If you want to try a different desktop environment, or need to install a GUI because you don’t have one yet, we’ll show you how in this guide.
WhatsApp is a free messaging application used by over a billion people worldwide. WhatsApp provides secure, reliable voice and video calls that can be made locally or internationally with a Wi-Fi or cellular data connection. WhatsApp is available for multiple devices, like computers, tablets, and phones. Though there doesn’t exist a download link for Linux …
While there are alternatives to Notepad++ on Linux, such as gedit, Sublime Text, GNU Emacs, and others, it isn’t exactly easy to replace the many benefits Notepad++ has. Notepad++ possesses valuable features such as syntax highlighting, macro recording, full support for many programming languages including HTML, text autocompletion, and much more. Though there doesn’t exist …
Steam is a popular video game service that gives you access to tons of new and old gaming titles on your computer. It can be installed on a variety of systems, including Linux. In this guide, we’ll go over the step by step instructions to install Steam on Ubuntu Linux. Install Steam on Ubuntu Step …
TeamViewer is desktop sharing software available for a wide variety of systems, including Linux. In this guide, you’ll see how to install and use TeamViewer on Ubuntu Linux. Install TeamViewer on Ubuntu Step 1. Start by opening a terminal and downloading the latest release of TeamViewer. You can do that by executing the following wget …
